russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine s army has now pulled its troops out. saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered an emotionally difficult stage and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever. shelley phelps has the latest. as severodonetsk falls, civilians have been fleeing the area, including elena, now boarding a train for the west of the country. translation: it was a horror the last week. yesterday we could not take it any more. thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there, otherwise this would have been it. i already told my husband if i die, please bury me behind the house. you need to understand, there is much shelling, so many ruined houses. it is
and sir paul mccartney makes history as glastonbury s oldest solo headliner, at the age of 80. russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine s army has now pulled its troops out. saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered an emotionally difficult stage and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever. shelley phelps has the latest. as severodonetsk falls, civilians have been fleeing the area. ukraine says its retreat is a tactical withdrawal, to fight from higher ground in the neighbouring area of lysycha nsk, which has come under heavy bombardment. elena hasjust arrived from there. translation: it was a horror last week, yesterday - we could not take it anymore. thank you to the
The Russian military has ushered in a new strategy aimed at bolstering the effectiveness of targeting objectives on the Ukrainian front. This strategy involves a dual strike using the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile complex.
A trainload with at least 10 pieces of Iskander M missile systems has arrived in Belarus. Source: Belaruski Hajun, an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet, on Telegram Quote: "According to the information of Belaruski Hajun, a trainload with at least 10 pieces of Iskander M operational-tactical missile systems arrived at the Asipovichy station (Mogilev Oblast) from the village of Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Federation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the first batch of tactical nuclear weapons are already positioned in Belarus, a key Russian ally in the offensive against Ukraine. Putin added that the weapons will only be used if Russia s territory was threatened.